Lecture

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Transfer of Property
(General Principles of Transfer of Property)
Transfer of property pending suit relating thereto (s 52)
 General principle: pendente lite nihil innovature
 Doctrine of Lis pendens: founded on necessity, not notice
 Rajendra Singh v Santa Singh AIR 1973 SC 2537.
 Sanjay Verma v Manik Roy AIR 2007 SC 1332.
 Essentials
o A litigation (suit or proceeding) should be pending in a court of
competent jurisdiction
o The suit must be relating to a specific immovable property
o The suit should directly and specifically relate to a right in this specific
property
o The suit should not be collusive
o Property should not be transferred or otherwise dealt with — by any
party to the suit — so as to affect the rights of any party thereto — till the
final disposal of the case
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 Effect of the doctrine of lis pendens
 Pendency
 Supreme General Films Exchange v Brij Nath Singh Deo AIR 1975
SC 1810.
 Suit or proceeding — compromise suit or consent decrees
 Arjan Singh v Punit Ahluwalia AIR 2008 SC 2718.
 Court of competent jurisdiction
 Appeal and execution
 Proceedings in civil appeal before the Supreme Court
 Execution sales
 Revenue sales
 Collusive suits
 Notice
 Specific right in an immovable property
 Directly and specifically in question
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 Mortgage
 Right created before the filing of suit
 Right of pre-emption
 Or otherwise dealt with
 Partition
 Party to the suit
 Decision binding on the alienee
 Status of the transfer
 Right of alienee pendente lite to be impleaded as a party to
the lis
 Right of any other party under the decree

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